Ai Phoenix

Under the command of Mona Mørk’s tranquil lyricism and breathy delivery, Ai Phoenix formed in Bergen, Norway, in 1997. Focused on lush soundscapes and bittersweet traditional pop sentiment, the quintet is normally done by Patrick Lundberg, Bosse Litzheim, Espen Mellingen, and Robert Jønnum. Their very own label, Ai Phoenix Recordings, was produced in 1998, and by the finish of that calendar year, that they had released two recordings, The Assault/Mature demo Compact disc and a restricted operate of their initial full-length, Film. After self-releasing another demonstration Compact disc in 1999 entitled Remove, Film was re-released by Norwegian indie DBUT Information, garnering the music group a comparatively wide-reaching hype, and began to arrive across European countries in small on-line and print magazines. That hype got substantially louder when, after self-releasing a limited-edition edition from the Driver Can be Dead in 2000, the music group signed to Race Junior. First liberating the Pleased to Obtain Her 10″, and pursuing up with The Drivers Is Deceased full-length in 2000, Ai Phoenix discovered a global underground viewers. In 2001 they released “THAT IS Close” on the break up 7″ on Race Junior with St. Thomas and it had been nominated to discover the best Single of the entire year in their indigenous Norway.